Written by

Todd Hill
News Journal

Routinely, superheroes are the year's box-office champs at the cineplex and the rental kings when it comes to DVD, Blu-ray and download. That makes this a red-letter week on the home-video release calendar with the arrival of "Man of Steel," the first Superman hit in a long while.New movies

"Man of Steel." Director Zack Snyder saw fit to give us yet another Superman origin story, which we didn't really need. This film's pell-mell scenes of devastation are exhausting, and the movie could've been a lot more fun than it is. "Taking a cue from the 'Batman' series, the film is dark and thudding and ...